Thomas E. Bellavance Honors Program

The Honors Program is designed to
bring together high-achieving students and dedicated faculty in
a small university environment. It offers motivated students who
are serious about their intellectual growth a variety of special
enhanced classes. The program fosters close individual contact
between students and faculty and brings together talented
students from across campus. Honors courses and extracurricular
activities are intended to enrich and complement other
educational opportunities and programs available to Salisbury
University students.

Value added. Whatever
your major or area of concentration at S.U., the honors
experience can enhance the value of your degree. Graduating with
honors demonstrates to employers and graduate programs that
you're the type of person who welcomes challenges and exceeds
expectations. Completing the necessary coursework for honors
requires sustained effort across many semesters, and the
capstone (or thesis) project shows your ability to work
independently at a high level. That kind of determination and
self-motivation are attractive to recruiters in virtually every
field, giving you a competitive edge in the professional world
or in applying to graduate programs nationwide.

Solving complex problems.
The Honors Program exists outside of any one school or
department and its classes are designed to be richly
interdisciplinary and encourage students to think about topics
from a variety of perspectives. Expertise in one's major is
still important, of course, but an honors education cultivates
flexible habits of mind that are necessary in a complex and
changing world. Indeed,
many of the world's most urgent and interesting questions
require creative responses. An honors education helps students
learn and practice broad-minded approaches to problem solving.

Professional Preparation.
Thanks to limited class sizes, honors students enjoy low
faculty-to-student ratios that make for more intimate, engaged
classroom experiences. This can be useful when you need help
choosing classes, deciding on a major, or inquiring about
letters of recommendation for internships, grad school, etc. The
Honors Program also emphasizes professionalization—like creating
portfolios and practicing presentation skills—that can make you
a more polished, confident, and competent candidate when you
graduate.

The Honors Advantage

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Small classes (no more than 20 students)

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Tailored courses on interesting and unique subjects

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Opportunities to work closely with faculty members on
individualized research

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Opportunity to participate in one of four honors Living Learning
Communities

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Priority class registration

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Access to honors advising

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Financial support for conference travel to regional and national
conferences

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Scholarships

To receive a copy of our Honors
Program brochure and additional program information, please send
your postal address to the
Honors Program
with "Interested in Honors" as the subject line.